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TIL Dragonflies are among the earth's most efficient predators with a 95% catch rate of prey

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xV6Rw TIL For many ovens the drawer beneath is meant to keep foods warm, not as storage for baking sheets/pans
MenK8 TIL of Leonarda Emilia, a 19th Century Mexican bandit. After her lover was sentenced to death, she became an outlaw and took the name La Carambada, meaning "The Amazing Lady." After robbing men she would flash them, so they felt ashamed at being bested by a woman.
Awbd TIL that the Canadian penny was taken out of circulation and is saving taxpayers $11 million a year
jadM TIL That a US destroyer attempted to ram and became stuck on top of a German u-boat during WWII. Resulting in exchanges of small arms fire that claimed the lives of 35 members of the u-boats crew.
VBKK0 TIL: Cartels are Mexico’s fifth largest employer, making up 175,000 members